England were some way short of their A game but still did enough to register their first victory of the World Cup by seeing off minnows Canada by 51 runs.
Asked to bat first on another slow St Lucia wicket, they struggled for runs in the middle overs, before weathering a brief collapse to finish on 279-6.
Canada were restricted to 65-4 after 17 overs of their reply but finished on 228-7, their best total in World Cups.
England had no Andrew Flintoff, banned by team management for poor discipline.
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